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Discontinued Operations, Deal-Related Compensation and Severance Costs

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Discontinued Operations, External Advisory Costs

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Net Gains Included in Other Income

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Number of Companies

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Description, in aggregate or in detail, of the major classifications and carrying amounts of total assets sold, or to be sold, as part of the disposal group, including a component of the entity (discontinued operation).

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Description, in aggregate or in detail, of the major classifications and carrying amounts of total liabilities settled or transferred, or which are expected to be settled or transferred, as part of the disposal group including a component of the entity (discontinued operation).

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Amount before tax and reclassification adjustments of gain (loss) on foreign currency translation adjustments, foreign currency transactions designated and effective as economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity and intra-entity foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature.

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The cash inflow associated with the sale of debt and equity securities classified as available-for-sale securities.

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This item represents the total realized gain (loss) included in earnings for the period as a result of selling marketable securities categorized as trading, available-for-sale, or held-to-maturity and any gains or losses realized during the period from the sale of investments accounted for under the cost method of accounting and/or investments that are separately or otherwise not categorized as trading, available-for-sale, or held-to-maturity. Additionally, this item would include any losses recognized for other than temporary impairments (OTTI) of the subject investments in debt and equity securities.

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Amount of unrealized gain (loss) recognized in the income statement on unsold other securities.

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Discontinued Operations Discontinued Operations (Details) Share data in Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended					0 Months Ended			12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended							12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 NYFIX, Metabit, and Wombat [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 NYFIX, Metabit, and Wombat [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 19, 2014 NYSE Technologies [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 09, 2014 NYSE Euronext [Member]	Jun. 24, 2014 NYSE Euronext [Member] USD ($) transactions	Dec. 31, 2014 NYSE Euronext [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 24, 2014 NYSE Euronext [Member] Shares Sold to Employees [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 09, 2014 NYSE Euronext [Member] Number of Shares, Total [Member]	Jun. 24, 2014 NYSE Euronext [Member] Number of Shares, Total [Member]	Dec. 09, 2014 NYSE Euronext [Member] Sale of Remaining Interest [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 09, 2014 NYSE Euronext [Member] Sale of Remaining Interest [Member] EUR (€)	Jun. 24, 2014 NYSE Euronext [Member] IPO [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 24, 2014 NYSE Euronext [Member] IPO [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2014 NYSE Euronext [Member] IPO [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 NYSE Euronext [Member] IPO [Member] EUR (€)	Jun. 24, 2014 NYSE Euronext [Member] Shares Sold to Institutional Investors [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 NYSE Euronext [Member] Cash Distribution [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 NYSE Technologies [Member] Private Placement [Member] Entity
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Sale of Stock, Number of Shares Issued in Transaction										0.2	4.2	65.8			42.2	42.2			23.4
Sale of Stock, Price Per Share, Euro										$ 16.00					$ 20				$ 19.20
Realized Gain (Loss) on Marketable Securities, Cost Method Investments, and Other Investments													$ 4,000,000
Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Securities	15,000,000us-gaap_UnrealizedGainLossOnSecurities
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Foreign Currency Transaction and Translation Gain (Loss), before Reclassification and Tax	11,000,000
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Assets of Disposal Group						214		2.9
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Liabilities of Disposal Group						42		1.1
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net						200,000,000		2,300,000,000
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Net Gains Included in Other Income									6,000,000
Sale of Stock, Percentage of Ownership Sold							6.00%	94.00%
Sale of Stock, Number of Transactions								3
Proceeds from Sale of Available-for-sale Securities	54,000,000	16,000,000	0										118,000,000	95,000,000	1,900,000,000	1,400,000,000	2,100,000,000	1,500,000,000		220,000,000
Sale of Stock, Number of Proposed Companies to Sell in Private Placement																					3.00
Discontinued Operations, External Advisory Costs				51,000,000	2,000,000
Discontinued Operations, Compensation and Severance Costs				42,000,000
Discontinued Operations, Deal-Related Compensation and Severance Costs					$ 19,000,000